Agriculture

NAFTA negotiations were very secretive with little information provided to the U.S. Congress and the public knowing even less. This analysis was put together by citizens' groups from the U.S. who worked in teams to analyze NAFTA's impact on thirteen specific issue sectors. The intent of this analysis was to contribute to an informed public debate prior to the passage of NAFTA.

Agriculture Policy

Mark Ritchie and Kristin Dawkins wrote this as a chapter to be included in the book "Changing America. Blueprints for a New Administration", published in 1992 and edited by Mark Green.

Contingent Commodity Program Options and Their Implications for Agricultural Sustainability

The Decoupled Approach to Agriculture

Toxic Hazard Prevention in Agriculture

Originally published in PrairieFire's "Prairie Report:  A semi quarterly update from the Hartland on Rural Faith and Justice I

Goals For Uruguay Round Agricultural Negotiations

Unapproved draft of IATP's goals for the Uruguay Round negotiations on agricultural.

U.S. Farm Policy

By Mark Ritchie and Kevin Ristau. This article was published in World Policy Journal, Volume IV, Number 1, Winter 1986-87.

Crisis By Design: A Brief Review of U.S. Farm Policy

An introduction to how the New Deal farm programs were destroyed by agribusiness and the Committee for Economic Development (CED). From the League of Rural Voters, written by Mark Ritchie and Kevin Ristau.